I hate these types of games. This is a team that the Lakers dont take seriously anymore. The thing that works in their favor tonight is that there could be more support for the them than for the home team. The Lakers are a 12 pt favorite. I'm liking the Kings to cover. I'm not sure the Lakers are serious yet about defense.

Games like these make me mad. I really don't like watching us lose to teams we should be beating [then again, who does] Our defense was terrible, Bynum was never able to really get into a groove, Pau played alright, Ariza and Lamar were messing up...

We aren't who we thought we were. It's funny because I saw a thread earlier that asked if the Cavs were overrated when it's clear to me that our team is the one that's overrated. Sure, we have the same amount of losses as Cleveland and one more than Boston, but we're not on their level right now.

I never thought I'd be so disappointed in a team that was 18-3, but right now, we're playing like [expletive], even in our victories.

We aren't who we thought we were. It's funny because I saw a thread earlier that asked if the Cavs were overrated when it's clear to me that our team is the one that's overrated. Sure, we have the same amount of losses as Cleveland and one more than Boston, but we're not on their level right now.

I never thought I'd be so disappointed in a team that was 18-3, but right now, we're playing like [expletive], even in our victories.

The momentum we had in the beginning of the season is slowly slipping away & it's killing me. I cant accept that yet. We NEED to improve if we want the championship. I dont want our butts kicked by -.500 teams. It's just not gonna cut it.

They put up a stat with a few minutes left in the game that is very telling of where our team is.

First 7 games: 85 points allowed per game
Last 12 games: 101 points allowed per game

That early season defense may have just been a combination of excitment out of the gate by our team and early season rust from other teams. Our second unit has come back down to Earth. Sasha sucks again like he did every year of his career other than last year. Farmar is back to being moody and unreliable. Ariza, while playing good defense and great on energy plays is shooting 3's like he always has.

This team is turning out to be the same team as last season with a little more offensive firepower. Right now the Celtics are better than they were last season with Rondo playing better and the rest of them doing their thing and Cleveland is playing crazy good.